BARRY, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 751 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1917, 6 mths Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | 28 November 1969, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-89. 65. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle East Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 751, 5th Machine Gun Company, 6 mths Senior Cadets | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 751, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 751, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 751, 20th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
56 years ago today, on the 2nd December 1969, Private James Frederick Barry, 20th Battalion (Reg No-751), wheeler from 26 Gulliver Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and Newcastle?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 74. CATHOLIC 3-89. 65.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 26th May 1895 to James, died?, and Mary Ann Barry nee Playford (Sievert), died 16.7.1937, "Barryville", 4 Pokolbin Street, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., age 65, mother of 7; husband of Agnes Olive Barry nee Perry, married 2.3.1919 at the Parish Church, Roath, Cardiff, United Kingdom, RTA ?, died 7.2.1966, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 79, sleeping here, Jim enlisted as Frederick James on the 3rd March 1917 with the 5th Australian Machine Gun Company, 14th Reinforcements, age 21 years 9 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on the 30th October 1917.
Disembarked Devonport, England 27.12.1917.
Taken on Strength 20th Battalion 9.4.1918.
Admitted to hospital 26.5.1918 (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, severe).
Granted leave to France from 22.2.1919 to 12.3.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 10.4.1919.
Fred or Jim arrived home on the 1st June 1919, being discharged on the 24th June 1919.
Mr. Barry’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor as J. BARRY, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial as F. J. BARRY and the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor as J. F. BARRY.
I have placed poppies at Jim’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Alfred Ernest Barry, born 22.5.1897, Hamilton, New South Wales, single loco cleaner from 24 Gulliver Street, Hamilton (Hamilton Park), New South Wales, enlisted 25.5.1915, 18th Battalion, age 18, Reg No-1668, wounded in action - 17.11.1916 (trench feet), 9.10.1917 (GSW scalp & hip, slight), 3.10.1918 (GSW right shoulder), invalided to England, 7.10.1918, RTA invalided 1.2.1919, 20th Battalion, died 18.4.1953, age 55, father of three (Norman A, James E, Frederick P or Paul), no headstone, wooden cross erected - 2.10.2015, I submitted an application to DVA July 2021 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, and this was accepted August 2021, officially commemorated July 2023 - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...., also resting at the cemetery - CATHOLIC 2-51. 65.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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